1. Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
   "Branches straggling out quite far";
   - sprawl, ramble
    
2. Trail behind or fall back from a main group, typically in a scattered or disorderly manner
   "A few tired runners straggled behind the main pack"

1. A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
   "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"

Derived forms: straggled, straggling, straggles

Type of: distribute, group, grouping, spread